Woman sells 2-year-old daughter for N50,000 in Lagos

A commercial sex worker simply identified as Grace Onome has been arrested by the police for allegedly selling her two-year-old daughter in the Badagry area of Lagos state, The Punch reports.

Onome was said to have sold her daughter, Zainab to another commercial sex worker, identified as Endurance for the sum of N50000.

A police source said it was trailing Endurance so as to rescue the girl.

He said, “It was on Saturday that Grace (Onome) and Endurance had the transaction. They are both commercial sex workers in the area.

“Endurance gave Zainab’s mother N50,000, before taking the girl away. The mother said she used the money to buy a few things for herself.

“The fleeing buyer is of no fixed address. But the police are on her trail.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident, and Onome’s arrest.

She said efforts to track the suspect is ongoing.

She said, “The mother has been arrested and she confessed to be a commercial sex worker. Effort is ongoing to track the fleeing suspected buyer and the child.”

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